[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 67 (Friday, April 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 20781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8252]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business--Cooperative Service


Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Energy for 
America Program

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Agency published a document in the Federal Register on 
January 20, 2012, at 77 FR 2948 to announce the acceptance of 
applications under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for 
Fiscal Year 2012 for financial assistance as follows: Grants, 
guaranteed loans, and combined grants and guaranteed loans for the 
development and construction of renewable energy systems and for energy 
efficiency improvement projects; grants for conducting energy audits; 
grants for conducting renewable energy development assistance; and 
grants for conducting renewable energy system feasibility studies. The 
document contained two errors on page 2951 in reference to deadline 
dates for National competitions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the applicable USDA Rural 
Development Energy Coordinator for your respective State as identified 
in the original NOFA at 77 FR 2948.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Corrections

    The deadline dates for National competitions need to reflect the 
correct year. The dates in the original NOFA contained the year 
``2011'' rather than ``2012''. To clarify, all unfunded eligible grant 
only and grant and guaranteed loan combination applications received by 
March 30, 2012, will be competed against other grant only and grant and 
guaranteed loan combination applications from other States at a final 
National competition. In addition, all unfunded eligible guaranteed 
loan only applications received by June 29, 2012, will be competed 
against other guaranteed loan only applications from other States at a 
final National competition if the guaranteed loan reserves have not 
been completely depleted.

Correction of Publication

    In the Federal Register dated January 20, 2012, the following are 
corrected:
    1. On page 2951, column 1, the eighteenth line down under C. State 
and National competitions, ``March 30, 2011'' is corrected to read 
``March 30, 2012''.
    2. On page 2951, column 2, tenth line down, ``June 29, 2011'' is 
corrected to read ``June 29, 2012''.

    Dated: March 21, 2012.
Judith A. Canales,
Administrator, Rural Business--Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-8252 Filed 4-5-12; 8:45 am]
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